Saturday, May 3, 2008

Open Submissions for The Versus Anthology

Versus is a collection of works based on the theme of pittingiconic characters or forces against one another (for example,“Jesus VS Thor” or “Adolph Hitler VS Grendel”). Versus is editedby Josh Woods and is set for release in the spring of 2009 byPress 53 ( www.press53.com ). Versus already includes a greathost of writers, such as Pinckney Benedict, Michael Kimball,Margaret McMullan, John McNally, Kyle Minor, Andrew Scott, CurtisSmith, Susan Woodring, and many others, but we have held a fewspots open in order to give everyone interested the opportunityto join this anthology, so here is that opportunity.

We’re looking mostly for short fiction of around 1,000-1,500words, but Versus is open to longer works as well as poetry,creative non-fiction, short screenplays, flash fiction, graphicnovel pages, and even hybrid genres. Submissions can bepreviously published elsewhere as long as the writer has, or canobtain, (re)publication rights. Simultaneous and multiplesubmissions are allowed, but due to the volume of submissions, wewill be unable to communicate about individual manuscripts otherthan to indicate that they are accepted or rejected. We will notrespond prior to the submission deadline.

The deadline for all submissions is June 1, 2008.

Please send submissions by email attachment in Microsoft Wordcompatible format or as Adobe PDF to versusanthology(at)gmail.com

Cover letter is optional, but please include your name and emailaddress on each page of the manuscript. For these few remainingspots in Versus, we are setting our focus on new, emerging, andinnovative writers. For further details on what a Versus pieceis, or even for the option of getting assigned a set ofcharacters for your Versus piece, please visitwww.myspace.com/versusanthology.